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she’d be rired q/ter the journey but not a bit 〇/ it/ 你以为 她旅行之后会疲劳，根本没那回事！ to bits 1 into small pieces 成为碎片]变成小块：The book/eH to bits in my hands.那本书在我手中血了碎片。◊ She too/c the engine to bits, then care_/i/Ziy put it together agai/i.她把发动机 拆开，又再仔细装备。2 very much #常；

十分：J〖ove my fcids to bits.我非常爱我的孩子。◊ She was thrfHed to bits when Z said J’d come.我说我会来，

她就兴奋不已。一more at blind adj., champ v. bitch /bitj/ noun, verb

_ nown 1 [C] a female dog 母狗：a greyhound bitch 母灵提 2 [C] [slang, disapproving) an offensive way of referring to a woman, especially an unpleasant one 泼妇；■讨厌 的女人：You stupicHitrte bitch/你这个愚蠢的小桿妇！ ◊ She can be a reaZ bitch.她撒起泼籴可真不得了。3 [sing.] (s/c/ng) a thing that causes problems or difficulties 棘手 的事；难办的事：a bitch.人生真受罪。4 [sing.] -(about sb/sth) {informal) a complaint about sb/sth or a conversation in which you complain about them 怨言；牢骚：We’ve been having a bitch about our boss.我^一直对老板牢骚满腹。一see also son of a BITCH

■ verb [V] ~ (about sb/sth) [informal) to make unkind and critical remarks about sb/sth, especially when they are not there挖苦；（背后‘）说坏话 bitch-in* (also bitch-ing) /'bitjui/ adj. {slang, especially very good很好的；很棒的

bitchy /'bitji/ adj. {informal) saying unpleasant and unkind things about other people 说人环话的；出言_不 逊的：bftchy remarks 刻薄命话► bitchi.ness not//? [U] bite 〇-w /bait/ verb, noun m verb (bit /bit/, bit-ten /'bitn/)

► USE TEETH 用牙丨1 ~ (into》through/off sth) to use your teeth to cut into or through sth 咬：[VN] siie was bitten by the/ami7y dog.她被家里的狗歧伤了。◊ Sto^ biting your na沿/ 别咬指甲了！ ◊ [V] She bit fnto a rfpe jm.cy pear.她咬十一 口熟透了的多的梨。◊ Does your dog bite?你的狗咬人吗？ ◊ Come here/ 7 won’t Mte/ (= you don’t need to be afraid)过来吧！我不会较人的！ ◊ He bit off a large chunk of bread./He bit a large chunk of bread 〇尽他咬下了一大块面包。

► OF INSECT/SNAKE 昆虫；蛇 2 to wound sb by making a small hole or mark in their skin 叮；蜇；咬：[VN] We were badfy bitten by mosquitoes•我们被软子咬得不行。

◊ [V] Most European 啦ders don’t bite.夫‘数_不 咬人。

► OF FISH 鱼 3 [V] if a fish bites，it takes food from the hook of a fishing line and may get caught 咬俱；上钩

► HAVE EFFECT 产生影响 4 [V] to have an unpleasant effect 产生不良影响：The recession is beginning to bite.经济

衰退开始产生不良影响。

be bitten by sth to develop a strong interest in or enthusiasm for sth对某事物着逢；热衷于某事物：He’s been bitten by the trave〖 bug.他迷上了 旅游。l?ite the 'bullet (informal) to start to deal with an unpleasant or difficult situation which cannot be avoided $更着头皮对 付不愉快的（或艰难的）情况；咬紧牙关应付Rmsm From the custom of giving soldiers a bullet to bite on during a medical operation without anaesthetic.源自 战地手术习惯。战士们在无麻醉剂的情况下咬住子弹 接受手术。^{bite the} 'dust 1 to fail, or to be

defeated or destroyed 失!k;被打败；褚摧毁： Thousands of small businesses bite the dust every year. # 年有数以千存的小企业倒闭。2…wmoraws) to die死bite the hand that 'feeds you to harm sb who has helped you or supported you 伤害恩人；恩将仇报 bite your iip to stop yourself from saying sth or from showing an emotion忍住话；抑制情感的流露bite off more than you can chew to try to do too much, or sth that is too difficult想一 口吃成胖子；不自量力bite your 'tongue to stop yourself from saying sth that might upset sb or cause an argument, although you want to speak隐忍不言（避免祸从口出）：J didn’t beiieve her explanation but 了 bit my tongue.我不相信她的解释，.但 我忍着没有说出来。丨，etc cou丨d have bitten my/his/ her 'tongue out/off used when sb says sth stupid or embarrassing and immediately wishes they had not